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Dr. G. D. H. Carpenter’s Experiments on 
small, closely set leaves formed admirable cover, 
amongst which it was extremely difficult to see the 
mantis, which usually hangs upside down from a stem. 
On this occasion, as usual, M. saw the mantis before | 
did, and apparently caught it unawares. It gave him a 
sharp pinch with its forelegs, and M. shook it away. I 
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then made the mantis crawl along the branch on which 
M. was sitting, and when it got close to him the monkey 
apparently made a movement which frightened the 
mantis. It suddenly reared itself up on its two last 
pairs of legs, so as to stand at an angle of 45°. The 
fore legs were held close together, parallel with the long 
axis of the body, extended on each side of the head, 
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